Category Archives: TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY: The Much Maligned Aspect of the Computer as a Waster of Time

Starting often at five am, the next hour seems to be nine in the morning.  Four hours–not one–have gone by.  This is where the anti-computerists point fingers as a loss in life time; a meaningless gap stolen from something more … Continue reading Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: ‘Puter Guts

Crap.  The memory’s finally straightened out, and I’m hooking up the new hard drive as a slave so that Win 98 will acknowledge the 40-gigs when I f-disk and format it and then I can transfer all the data onto … Continue reading Continue reading

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WRITING: The Editing Process

Okay, it’s so much better now.  Smoother, streamlined. Wait–here’s a better word.  Okay. Ehhh,  let me highlight this in red so I maybe can come up with something better later. Okay–oh yes!  I’m glad I thought of this, it really … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY & TECHNOLOGY: = Happy

Good day.  Happy day.  Managed to maneuver my way through DOS in the old computer to fix it up to a WIN 98 reinstall. Don’t know if that was the problem, but it seemed that the hard drive, which is … Continue reading Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: Hard day

Just seems that things can go from bad to worse in a hurry. Software problems are tougher to fix, I thought, than hardware for me, but I’m stumped. Have been trying all day to fix my dad’s old computer for … Continue reading Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: Feeling Better

I must say that Dell is responsive and helpful, but Del somehow fixed himself with no help from either the technician or me.  Since I couldn’t see anything on the monitor and couldn’t shut the laptop off, I unplugged it, … Continue reading Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: !

I think Del died!  Blank screen, won’t shut off.  I’m going to go throw up. Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: Mood Swings

"Oh I got attitude with my Latitude…" (sung to a cocky rumba beat! Don’t worry, I’ll get back off the clouds and down to serious work with it soon.  Ya’ll know my pendulum mind by now.) Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY, REALITY & EDUCATION: Traveling Companions

Goodness, Del went to school with me today–couldn’t hardly resist showing him off.  Was a bit embarrassed by the protective plastic coating still on the cover, but my mom would have been proud (remember the plastic covers on lampshades?).  Then … Continue reading Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: And me…

So this is the first official entry from my new laptop.  And I screwed it up–pressed the wrong buttons and sent it out there into cyberspace with the title TECHNOLOGY spelled wrong, and a blank entry.  But I’m fixing it … Continue reading Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: It’s Here!

And so far, I’ve only fondled it. Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: Laptops are Slow

It’s 4:30 a.m. and the UPS man hasn’t shown up yet.  I put the lights on so he doesn’t miss the house. Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: What Shall I Wear?

By some miracle it is already November 30th, the early morning of the day my life is brightened by the demanding freedom of a brand new laptop computer.  It is my first–laptop, that is–and I am wide awake and hopping … Continue reading Continue reading

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REALITY & TECHNOLOGY: And How It Affects Christmas

Well, prices of custom picture framing have suddenly tripled.  Such a shame, just before Christmas.  But this Christmas won’t be as merry for my family either, and I will be cutting down considerably on what I spend on them so … Continue reading Continue reading

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TECHNOLOGY: Laptop Update

Just got back from my second visit to a Best Buy to finger-test the keyboard and eyeball the screens in a hands-on check of the laptops.  Of course, none of the exact models I have since focused on were there, … Continue reading Continue reading

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